Shining the Spotlight on Trademark Bullies (a Long-Delayed Recap of a Trademark Scholars Roundtable)
…senders to submit them. If we go this route, we should also statutorily eliminate the bogus argument that a C&D letter can be protected under copyright law (see prior blog…
New Internet Law Work-in-Progress Series
…encourage you to submit your request at your earliest convenience. There is no event participation fee, but all participants are responsible for their own travel expenses. We will be announcing…
Google Settles Buzz User Privacy Litigation
…class counsel. I assume interested parties can submit their comments as well and Google will consider them. It may be unwieldy, but a public process around this would be nice.)…
YouTube Gets Decisive Win in Viacom/FAPL Case
…conclusions by noting the difficulty service providers have monitoring/policing large databases of UGC and the fact that the notice-and-takedown system worked well in Viacom’s case when it actually submitted notices….
Craigslist Loses 230 Defense to Promissory Estoppel Claim–Scott P. v. Craigslist
…and give time to the court of appeal should it choose to accept that writ and extend a stay, should it choose to do so. Ms. McDougall to submit a…
FTC Busts Check-Issuing Website for Unfair Practices–FTC v. Qchex
…submit bank account information and payee information, and Qchex would manufacture a check and send it (in some cases physically, in other cases electronically, depending on the sender’s request) to…
Crowdsourced Ads May Not Be Protected by 47 USC 230–Subway v. Quiznos
…website soliciting individuals to make and submit their own comparative digital video ads. Subway was not amused and ultimately filed a seventh amended complaint (!) over Quiznos’ ad campaigns. (What…
Google AdWords Contract Upheld Again, Causing a Venue Transfer in Flowbee v. Google
…“submit” to exclusive jurisdiction, while the Google clause used the words “litigated exclusively.” Third, Google surely is happy to have this case out of a lousy venue (Southern District of…
Top Cyberlaw Developments of 2009 (Eric’s List)
…the Fourth Circuit held that a consumer review website was not liable for user-supplied reviews, even when the website worked with the user to submit the review, and despite the…
2009 Cyberspace Law Syllabus and Some Comments
…to see what happens when the students actually try to submit their work to Wikipedia. I have a mental image of a massive buzzsaw, but perhaps I’m being too cynical….